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It’s true -- you are not dreaming. For the first time in 28 years, snow fell on the streets of Tallahassee, Florida during rush hour Wednesday morning. The conditions are cold enough for the snow to form, but videos show it quickly melting as it hits the ground. The National Weather Service measured 0.1” of snow/sleet on their rooftop. Roughly 50 miles of Interstate 10 have been closed in Tallahassee due to snow an ice. In lieu of the traditional salt, the unusual weather has prompted Florida Highway Patrol to lay down sand to melt the ice, according to ABC...

Rebecca, Paul and Gordon Griffeth and Joey Stefko used charcoal briquettes as buttons, a carrot as a nose and twigs as arms for their snowman. They added a University of Florida baseball cap and a pipe. Tribune file photo by AUGUST STAEBLER(1977) Folks across the Tampa Bay area awoke the morning of Jan. 19, 1977, to the sight of something that has not been seen in these parts in the 30 years since. Snow covered the ground, vehicles and roads. "I looked out the front window of our house and thought I'd died and gone to heaven," said former...